Celebrity Poets

Sheedy published a children's book, "She Was Nice to Mice," at the age of 12. She made it big in "The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmos Fire." Swift fame so young backfired on Sheedy; she struggled with eating disorders and drugs and went to rehab before it was quite so fashionable. And then there was "Short Circuit." Talk about life imitating something that wasn't quite art. While attempting to regain her career sea legs, Sheedy published "Yesterday I Saw the Sun." ''The whole strength of the book,'' she said at the time, ''is that it's about recovery.'' The critics disagreed (and we think it reads like it's more about the munchies than recovery). Here's a taste of "Tomorrow":

Sheedy published a children's book, "She Was Nice to Mice," at the age of 12. She made it big in "The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmos Fire." Swift fame so young backfired on Sheedy; she struggled with eating disorders and drugs and went to rehab before it was quite so fashionable. And then there was "Short Circuit." Talk about life imitating something that wasn't quite art. While attempting to regain her career sea legs, Sheedy published "Yesterday I Saw the Sun." ''The whole strength of the book,'' she said at the time, ''is that it's about recovery.'' The critics disagreed (and we think it reads like it's more about the munchies than recovery). Here's a taste of "Tomorrow":